Dow Closes At New 6-Year High


Markets rally as
investor sentiment is boosted by Bernanke’s comments on interest rates; Dow at
new 6-year high.

Aetna
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closed down 20% despite beating Q1 earnings results.

Celgene
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closed up 11% after beating analysts’ expectations.

Intel
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closed up 3% after CEO announces plans to restructure the co.

Crude oil futures closed lower today, at $70.97.

href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Stock%20Alert/”>Stocks On The
Move

Bayer
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Q1 Profit Declines On Non-operating Expenses;
Sales Up 11.8% On Strong Growth Of Health-Care, MaterialScience Divisions (full
story
).

Kellogg
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Q1 Profit Up 8% On Strong Top-line Growth; Raises FY06 EPS Outlook (full
story
).

Raytheon
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Power Rating

Q1 Profit Up More Than 70%; Raises FY06 Adj. Earnings Outlook (full
story
).

Aetna
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Power Rating

Q1 EPS Rises On 15% Top Line Growth; Raises FY06 EPS Outlook (full
story
).

For more stories as they happen, go to our href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Breaking%20News/”>Breaking
News
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Dow

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+28.10

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11,382.59

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NASDAQ

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+11.32

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2,344.95

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S&P 500

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+4.31

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1,309.72

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Volume

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2,817,266,000

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2,571,443,000

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Advances

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1583

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1337

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Declines

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1659

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1674

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Up Volume

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1257

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1483

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Down Volume

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1300

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926

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New Hi’s

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166

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162

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New Lo’s

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135

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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News



Bernanke Says Fed Could Pause Rate Hikes (full
story
).



Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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